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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

London England [10]

Southampton, Hampshire [10]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Brighton, Sussex [8]

London, Middlesex, England [8]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [7]

Swindon, Wiltshire [7]

London [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Birmingham [3]

Brixham, Devon [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Holborn, London [3]

Marrickville New South Wales [3]

Melksham, Wiltshire [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Acton, Middlesex [2]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Bow, Middlesex [2]

Brighton [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Dublin [2]

Essex [2]

Ewhurst, Surrey [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Henfield, Sussex [2]

Highbury, London [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kent England [2]

Kingsbridge, Devon [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1538]

Gunner [180]

Driver [144]

Corporal [132]

Serjeant [114]

Sapper [106]

Lance Corporal [65]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Captain [38]

Pioneer [32]

Acting Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [27]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [13]

Major [13]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Civilian [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Temporary Sub Conductor [3]

Worker [3]

3rd Clerk [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Chief Petty Officer [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [212]

Army Service Corps [205]

Royal Field Artillery [199]

Labour Corps [176]

Royal Garrison Artillery [105]

London Regiment [86]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

The Queen's Regiment [56]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

Middlesex Regiment [52]

Hampshire Regiment [49]

Wiltshire Regiment [47]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43]

Gloucestershire Regiment [42]

Manchester Regiment [40]

Royal Sussex Regiment [39]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

East Kent Regiment [38]

Essex Regiment [35]

Worcestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [34]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

Royal West Kent Regiment [32]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

East Surrey Regiment [29]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Somerset Light Infantry [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

Northamptonshire Regiment [21]

Royal Horse Artillery [21]

Royal Defence Corps [20]

Hussars [18]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Suffolk Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Service

British Army [2392]

Royal Navy [262]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [176]

Australian Imperial Force [124]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43]

Other Empire Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [3260]

B [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3187]

Merchant Navy [53]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

India [2]

Gibraltar [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [10] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] London England [10] Southampton, Hampshire [10] Sydney New South Wales [9] Brighton, Sussex [8] London, Middlesex, England [8] Southampton, Hampshire, England [7] Swindon, Wiltshire [7] London [5] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Banbury, Oxfordshire [3] Battersea, London [3] Bermondsey, London [3] Birmingham [3] Brixham, Devon [3] Greenwich, London [3] Holborn, London [3] Marrickville New South Wales [3] Melksham, Wiltshire [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Acton, Middlesex [2] Arundel, Sussex [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham England [2] Bow, Middlesex [2] Brighton [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dover, Kent [2] Dublin [2] Essex [2] Ewhurst, Surrey [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Henfield, Sussex [2] Highbury, London [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Kent England [2] Kingsbridge, Devon [2] Lambeth, London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Rank

Private [1538] Gunner [180] Driver [144] Corporal [132] Serjeant [114] Sapper [106] Lance Corporal [65] Second Lieutenant [46] Captain [38] Pioneer [32] Acting Corporal [30] Lieutenant [27] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [13] Major [13] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Rifleman [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Civilian [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Temporary Sub Conductor [3] Worker [3] 3rd Clerk [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Chief Petty Officer [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [212] Army Service Corps [205] Royal Field Artillery [199] Labour Corps [176] Royal Garrison Artillery [105] London Regiment [86] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] Royal Fusiliers [70] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] The Queen's Regiment [56] Machine Gun Corps [54] Middlesex Regiment [52] Hampshire Regiment [49] Wiltshire Regiment [47] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [43] Gloucestershire Regiment [42] Manchester Regiment [40] Royal Sussex Regiment [39] Devonshire Regiment [38] East Kent Regiment [38] Essex Regiment [35] Worcestershire Regiment [35] Royal Berkshire Regiment [34] Liverpool Regiment [33] Royal West Kent Regiment [32] Royal Army Service Corps [31] Cheshire Regiment [30] East Surrey Regiment [29] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] Rifle Brigade [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Somerset Light Infantry [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] Northamptonshire Regiment [21] Royal Horse Artillery [21] Royal Defence Corps [20] Hussars [18] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Suffolk Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Naval Division [17]

Service

British Army [2392] Royal Navy [262] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206] Canadian Expeditionary Force [176] Australian Imperial Force [124] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [43] Other Empire Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

R [3260] B [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3187] Merchant Navy [53] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [53] India [2] Gibraltar [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

James Henry Reeves

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216237

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Charles Alfred Reeves

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86835

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William Reeves

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197669

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Henry Reeves

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38019

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Walter Reeves

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278492

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George Dennis Reeves

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48991

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Reginald James Reeves

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54931

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William Arthur Reeves

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21405

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Percival Douglas Reeves

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87387

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Herbert Reeves

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116949

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John Ernest Reeves

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300304

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Alfred Reeves

Died 1916

British Army 4733 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion.

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Henry John Reeves

Born 1883

Died 1961

British Army 17994 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Norman Chester Reeves

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1869 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 208635 Farrier Sergeant Royal Engineers

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Samuel Albert Reeves

Died 1914

British Army 7196 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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William Reeves

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 9963 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9963 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Reeves

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65526

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Walter William George Reeves

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197501

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Bert Reeves

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7077

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Alfred Reeves

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262587

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